Many Chicago suburbs are still struggling to bounce back from the Great Recession with as few disruptions to services as possible, leading to the imposition of various new fees and taxes. But in Long Grove, where officials say they no longer can afford that most basic of public services  maintaining roads  an unusual plan to address the shortfall has set off a storm of controversy.

Facing an annual funding gap of more than $1 million, Long Grove trustees have twice in recent months affirmed a plan that could privatize nearly half of the village's public roads  transferring the cost of upkeep and plowing to the residents in the process.

Hoyne opposes any move by the village to vacate public roads and rely on private property owners to maintain them. At the same time, he recognizes that roads need to be kept up and that he and fellow residents of the northwest suburb are likely going to get stuck paying more  whether in the form of a new tax or by taking on the road costs directly.

Scary is that the dream of every Communist Globalist is to privatize roads...and let private firms put tolls on them....actually a “tax” Nothing more bigger a welfare check to get the government to build your business for free

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posted on 01/23/2014 4:46:23 AM PST
by SeminoleCounty
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